Art by Manuel Castañón
Gideon the Oathless
Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary
Ward—Discard a card. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, Gideon deals 1 damage to that player. Whenever an opponent activates a loyalty ability, Gideon deals 1 damage to that player.
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Most Played With Gideon the Oathless (200)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Panharmonicon
60% of decks · $6.57
Massacre Wurm
58% of decks · $2.43
Arcane Signet
57% of decks · $0.49
Crypt Ghast
55% of decks · $18.07
Dowsing Dagger
55% of decks
Feed the Swarm
54% of decks · $0.24
Blood Artist
52% of decks · $3.84
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
52% of decks · $3.90
Withering Torment
52% of decks · $1.58
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50% of decks · $1.78
Awaken the Erstwhile
50% of decks · $0.38
Phyrexian Arena
50% of decks · $4.26
Toxic Deluge
47% of decks · $5.17
Sign in Blood
46% of decks · $2.74
Imp's Mischief
45% of decks · $9.14
Curse of Disturbance
45% of decks · $3.16
Morbid Opportunist
44% of decks · $0.36
Not Dead After All
43% of decks · $1.62
Night's Whisper
41% of decks · $6.25
Malakir Rebirth
39% of decks
Ayara, First of Locthwain
39% of decks · $8.55
Bontu's Monument
39% of decks · $4.60
The Darkness Crystal
39% of decks · $4.03
Deadly Rollick
38% of decks · $28.68
The Meathook Massacre
38% of decks · $24.67
Tombstone Stairwell
38% of decks · $55.30
Black Market Connections
38% of decks · $10.47
Revenge of Ravens
38% of decks · $0.38
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
37% of decks · $36.73
Fell the Profane
35% of decks
Swiftfoot Boots
35% of decks
Wound Reflection
35% of decks · $14.42
Saw in Half
33% of decks · $5.72
Defile
32% of decks · $1.32
Undying Malice
32% of decks · $0.41
Maha, Its Feathers Night
31% of decks · $21.20
Reanimate
31% of decks · $10.11
Thought Vessel
31% of decks
Trespasser's Curse
31% of decks · $0.36
Darkness
29% of decks · $23.79
The Soul Stone
29% of decks · $84.20
Painful Quandary
29% of decks · $1.84
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
28% of decks · $98.82
Ophiomancer
28% of decks · $1.17
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
28% of decks · $36.39
Mai, Scornful Striker
28% of decks · $0.81
Decorum Dissertation
27% of decks · $5.28
Bloodchief Ascension
27% of decks · $21.38
Demonic Tutor
26% of decks · $69.17
Basilisk Collar
26% of decks · $3.74
Creeping Bloodsucker
25% of decks · $4.82
Exsanguinate
25% of decks · $0.40
Massacre Girl
24% of decks · $0.53
Sudden Spoiling
24% of decks · $6.86
Blasphemous Edict
24% of decks · $4.13
Supernatural Stamina
23% of decks · $0.21
Mind Stone
23% of decks
Exquisite Blood
23% of decks · $40.38
Go for the Throat
22% of decks · $0.62
Damnation
22% of decks · $21.01
Lightning Greaves
22% of decks · $4.00
Grievous Wound
22% of decks · $0.71
No Mercy
22% of decks · $24.61
Soul Shatter
21% of decks · $6.14
Deadly Tempest
21% of decks · $1.02
Dark Salvation
21% of decks · $0.43
Solemn Simulacrum
20% of decks · $0.34
Deadly Dispute
20% of decks · $0.26
Black Market
20% of decks · $6.40
Kaya's Ghostform
20% of decks · $1.73
Vein Ripper
19% of decks · $7.82
Infernal Grasp
19% of decks · $0.33
Vampiric Tutor
19% of decks · $54.45
Whip of Erebos
19% of decks · $9.52
Boggart Trawler
18% of decks
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
18% of decks · $0.58
Bubbling Muck
18% of decks · $4.87
Grafted Exoskeleton
18% of decks
Dread Presence
17% of decks · $3.39
Scrawling Crawler
17% of decks · $6.60
Zulaport Cutthroat
17% of decks · $1.34
Snuff Out
17% of decks · $12.98
Mithril Coat
17% of decks · $29.34
Mindcrank
17% of decks · $13.22
Conjurer's Closet
17% of decks · $4.12
Erebos, God of the Dead
16% of decks · $11.11
Marauding Blight-Priest
16% of decks · $0.32
M.O.D.O.K.
16% of decks · $3.77
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
15% of decks · $4.12
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
15% of decks
Victimize
15% of decks · $1.34
Agadeem's Awakening
15% of decks
Charcoal Diamond
15% of decks · $0.35
Endless Whispers
15% of decks · $5.96
Fate Unraveler
14% of decks · $3.42
Emeritus of Woe
14% of decks
Village Rites
14% of decks · $0.99
Feign Death
14% of decks · $0.79
Mutilate
14% of decks · $2.15
Living Death
14% of decks · $6.62
Risky Shortcut
14% of decks · $0.30
Crawlspace
14% of decks · $8.71
Bolas's Citadel
14% of decks · $16.17
Fellwar Stone
14% of decks
Phyresis
14% of decks · $2.39
Curse of Shallow Graves
14% of decks · $0.67
Olinda the Oblivious
13% of decks
Consuming Corruption
13% of decks · $0.26
Archenemy's Charm
13% of decks · $1.09
Polluted Bonds
13% of decks · $10.28
Vampiric Link
13% of decks · $3.01
Meathook Massacre II
13% of decks · $2.47
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
12% of decks · $10.35
Orcish Bowmasters
12% of decks · $44.46
Torment of Hailfire
12% of decks · $36.34
Syphon Mind
12% of decks · $0.31
Gravedig
12% of decks · $0.21
Poet's Quill
12% of decks · $0.29
Opposition Agent
11% of decks · $19.90
Dark Confidant
11% of decks · $3.55
Sheoldred's Edict
11% of decks · $1.33
Flare of Malice
11% of decks · $3.09
Tragic Slip
11% of decks · $0.26
Grave Pact
11% of decks · $30.52
Underworld Dreams
11% of decks · $2.35
Animate Dead
11% of decks · $7.00
Garruk, Veiled Butcher
11% of decks · $2.04
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
10% of decks · $4.79
Accursed Marauder
10% of decks · $0.34
Dauthi Voidwalker
10% of decks · $5.80
Bloodline Recollector
10% of decks
Azog, Moria's Ruin
10% of decks · $0.28
Hagra Mauling
10% of decks
Hellish Rebuke
10% of decks · $3.65
Culling the Weak
10% of decks · $8.04
Read the Bones
10% of decks · $0.29
Twilight's Call
10% of decks · $0.69
Wayfarer's Bauble
10% of decks · $5.61
Sanguine Bond
10% of decks · $7.89
Koskun Falls
10% of decks · $16.93
Roaming Throne
9% of decks · $51.97
Enduring Tenacity
9% of decks · $14.87
Archfiend of Despair
9% of decks · $2.83
Kaervek, the Spiteful
9% of decks · $0.29
Scheming Silvertongue
9% of decks
Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
9% of decks · $0.28
Aether Snap
9% of decks · $0.40
Exhume
9% of decks · $6.93
Mask of Griselbrand
9% of decks · $0.97
Liliana of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $9.30
Unstoppable Slasher
8% of decks · $5.55
Bitterbloom Bearer
8% of decks · $14.26
Armor of Shadows
8% of decks · $0.31
Dash Hopes
8% of decks · $0.79
Corrupted Conviction
8% of decks · $0.35
Temporal Extortion
8% of decks · $24.66
Unearth
8% of decks · $0.54
Wishclaw Talisman
8% of decks · $2.36
Commander's Plate
8% of decks · $38.74
Throne of Eldraine
8% of decks · $29.42
Dictate of Erebos
8% of decks · $17.52
Marchesa's Decree
8% of decks · $3.18
Sheoldred, Whispering One
7% of decks · $20.76
Twilight Prophet
7% of decks · $3.77
Force of Despair
7% of decks · $7.08
Crowded Crypt
7% of decks · $0.56
Chrome Mox
7% of decks · $166.69
Night of Souls' Betrayal
7% of decks · $1.95
Eternal Thirst
7% of decks · $0.37
Blood Reckoning
7% of decks · $0.26
Hissing Miasma
7% of decks · $2.39
Falkenrath Noble
6% of decks · $0.28
Withering Boon
6% of decks · $11.17
Tainted Strike
6% of decks · $3.26
Return to Action
6% of decks · $0.25
Fake Your Own Death
6% of decks · $0.23
Dismember
6% of decks · $4.78
Diresight
6% of decks · $0.17
Rise of the Dark Realms
6% of decks · $6.49
Grim Tutor
6% of decks · $23.87
Plague of Vermin
6% of decks · $20.80
Phyrexian Altar
6% of decks · $54.36
Glistening Oil
6% of decks · $12.94
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
6% of decks · $2.47
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6% of decks · $9.63
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Overkill
6% of decks · $0.30
Diabolic Intent
6% of decks · $17.18
Infectious Inquiry
6% of decks · $0.36
Insatiable Avarice
6% of decks · $6.15
Beseech the Mirror
6% of decks · $21.24
The One Ring
6% of decks · $116.27
Expedition Map
6% of decks · $1.44
My Precious
6% of decks
Phyrexian Reclamation
6% of decks · $2.86
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
6% of decks
Cunning Rhetoric
6% of decks · $3.49
Parasitic Impetus
6% of decks · $0.30
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
6% of decks · $6.70
New Cards
Cast Away Doubt
25% of decks · $0.24
The Master of Lake-town
22% of decks · $0.51
Troop of Ponies
17% of decks · $0.33
Multiply by Zero
17% of decks · $0.25
Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
16% of decks · $0.27
Creatures (50)
Massacre Wurm
58% of decks · $2.43
Crypt Ghast
55% of decks · $18.07
Blood Artist
52% of decks · $3.84
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
52% of decks · $3.90
Syr Konrad, the Grim
50% of decks · $1.78
Morbid Opportunist
44% of decks · $0.36
Ayara, First of Locthwain
39% of decks · $8.55
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
37% of decks · $36.73
Maha, Its Feathers Night
31% of decks · $21.20
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
28% of decks · $98.82
Ophiomancer
28% of decks · $1.17
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
28% of decks · $36.39
Mai, Scornful Striker
28% of decks · $0.81
Creeping Bloodsucker
25% of decks · $4.82
Massacre Girl
24% of decks · $0.53
Solemn Simulacrum
20% of decks · $0.34
Vein Ripper
19% of decks · $7.82
Boggart Trawler
18% of decks
Massacre Girl, Known Killer
18% of decks · $0.58
Dread Presence
17% of decks · $3.39
Scrawling Crawler
17% of decks · $6.60
Zulaport Cutthroat
17% of decks · $1.34
Erebos, God of the Dead
16% of decks · $11.11
Marauding Blight-Priest
16% of decks · $0.32
M.O.D.O.K.
16% of decks · $3.77
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
15% of decks · $4.12
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
15% of decks
Fate Unraveler
14% of decks · $3.42
Emeritus of Woe
14% of decks
Olinda the Oblivious
13% of decks
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
12% of decks · $10.35
Orcish Bowmasters
12% of decks · $44.46
Opposition Agent
11% of decks · $19.90
Dark Confidant
11% of decks · $3.55
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
10% of decks · $4.79
Accursed Marauder
10% of decks · $0.34
Dauthi Voidwalker
10% of decks · $5.80
Bloodline Recollector
10% of decks
Azog, Moria's Ruin
10% of decks · $0.28
Roaming Throne
9% of decks · $51.97
Enduring Tenacity
9% of decks · $14.87
Archfiend of Despair
9% of decks · $2.83
Kaervek, the Spiteful
9% of decks · $0.29
Scheming Silvertongue
9% of decks
Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
9% of decks · $0.28
Unstoppable Slasher
8% of decks · $5.55
Bitterbloom Bearer
8% of decks · $14.26
Sheoldred, Whispering One
7% of decks · $20.76
Twilight Prophet
7% of decks · $3.77
Falkenrath Noble
6% of decks · $0.28
Instants (39)
Withering Torment
52% of decks · $1.58
Imp's Mischief
45% of decks · $9.14
Not Dead After All
43% of decks · $1.62
Malakir Rebirth
39% of decks
Deadly Rollick
38% of decks · $28.68
Fell the Profane
35% of decks
Saw in Half
33% of decks · $5.72
Defile
32% of decks · $1.32
Undying Malice
32% of decks · $0.41
Darkness
29% of decks · $23.79
Sudden Spoiling
24% of decks · $6.86
Supernatural Stamina
23% of decks · $0.21
Go for the Throat
22% of decks · $0.62
Soul Shatter
21% of decks · $6.14
Deadly Dispute
20% of decks · $0.26
Infernal Grasp
19% of decks · $0.33
Vampiric Tutor
19% of decks · $54.45
Snuff Out
17% of decks · $12.98
Village Rites
14% of decks · $0.99
Feign Death
14% of decks · $0.79
Consuming Corruption
13% of decks · $0.26
Archenemy's Charm
13% of decks · $1.09
Sheoldred's Edict
11% of decks · $1.33
Flare of Malice
11% of decks · $3.09
Tragic Slip
11% of decks · $0.26
Hagra Mauling
10% of decks
Hellish Rebuke
10% of decks · $3.65
Culling the Weak
10% of decks · $8.04
Armor of Shadows
8% of decks · $0.31
Dash Hopes
8% of decks · $0.79
Corrupted Conviction
8% of decks · $0.35
Force of Despair
7% of decks · $7.08
Withering Boon
6% of decks · $11.17
Tainted Strike
6% of decks · $3.26
Return to Action
6% of decks · $0.25
Fake Your Own Death
6% of decks · $0.23
Dismember
6% of decks · $4.78
Cabal Ritual
6% of decks
Overkill
6% of decks · $0.30
Sorceries (36)
Feed the Swarm
54% of decks · $0.24
Awaken the Erstwhile
50% of decks · $0.38
Toxic Deluge
47% of decks · $5.17
Sign in Blood
46% of decks · $2.74
Night's Whisper
41% of decks · $6.25
Reanimate
31% of decks · $10.11
Decorum Dissertation
27% of decks · $5.28
Demonic Tutor
26% of decks · $69.17
Exsanguinate
25% of decks · $0.40
Blasphemous Edict
24% of decks · $4.13
Damnation
22% of decks · $21.01
Deadly Tempest
21% of decks · $1.02
Dark Salvation
21% of decks · $0.43
Bubbling Muck
18% of decks · $4.87
Victimize
15% of decks · $1.34
Agadeem's Awakening
15% of decks
Mutilate
14% of decks · $2.15
Living Death
14% of decks · $6.62
Risky Shortcut
14% of decks · $0.30
Torment of Hailfire
12% of decks · $36.34
Syphon Mind
12% of decks · $0.31
Gravedig
12% of decks · $0.21
Read the Bones
10% of decks · $0.29
Twilight's Call
10% of decks · $0.69
Aether Snap
9% of decks · $0.40
Exhume
9% of decks · $6.93
Temporal Extortion
8% of decks · $24.66
Unearth
8% of decks · $0.54
Diresight
6% of decks · $0.17
Rise of the Dark Realms
6% of decks · $6.49
Grim Tutor
6% of decks · $23.87
Plague of Vermin
6% of decks · $20.80
Diabolic Intent
6% of decks · $17.18
Infectious Inquiry
6% of decks · $0.36
Insatiable Avarice
6% of decks · $6.15
Beseech the Mirror
6% of decks · $21.24
Utility Artifacts (23)
Panharmonicon
60% of decks · $6.57
Dowsing Dagger
55% of decks
Bontu's Monument
39% of decks · $4.60
The Darkness Crystal
39% of decks · $4.03
Swiftfoot Boots
35% of decks
Basilisk Collar
26% of decks · $3.74
Lightning Greaves
22% of decks · $4.00
Whip of Erebos
19% of decks · $9.52
Grafted Exoskeleton
18% of decks
Mithril Coat
17% of decks · $29.34
Mindcrank
17% of decks · $13.22
Conjurer's Closet
17% of decks · $4.12
Crawlspace
14% of decks · $8.71
Bolas's Citadel
14% of decks · $16.17
Poet's Quill
12% of decks · $0.29
Wayfarer's Bauble
10% of decks · $5.61
Mask of Griselbrand
9% of decks · $0.97
Wishclaw Talisman
8% of decks · $2.36
Commander's Plate
8% of decks · $38.74
Phyrexian Altar
6% of decks · $54.36
The One Ring
6% of decks · $116.27
Expedition Map
6% of decks · $1.44
My Precious
6% of decks
Mana Artifacts (10)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
57% of decks · $0.49
Thought Vessel
31% of decks
The Soul Stone
29% of decks · $84.20
Mind Stone
23% of decks
Charcoal Diamond
15% of decks · $0.35
Fellwar Stone
14% of decks
Throne of Eldraine
8% of decks · $29.42
Crowded Crypt
7% of decks · $0.56
Chrome Mox
7% of decks · $166.69
Enchantments (37)
Phyrexian Arena
50% of decks · $4.26
Curse of Disturbance
45% of decks · $3.16
The Meathook Massacre
38% of decks · $24.67
Tombstone Stairwell
38% of decks · $55.30
Black Market Connections
38% of decks · $10.47
Revenge of Ravens
38% of decks · $0.38
Wound Reflection
35% of decks · $14.42
Trespasser's Curse
31% of decks · $0.36
Painful Quandary
29% of decks · $1.84
Bloodchief Ascension
27% of decks · $21.38
Exquisite Blood
23% of decks · $40.38
Grievous Wound
22% of decks · $0.71
No Mercy
22% of decks · $24.61
Black Market
20% of decks · $6.40
Kaya's Ghostform
20% of decks · $1.73
Endless Whispers
15% of decks · $5.96
Phyresis
14% of decks · $2.39
Curse of Shallow Graves
14% of decks · $0.67
Polluted Bonds
13% of decks · $10.28
Vampiric Link
13% of decks · $3.01
Meathook Massacre II
13% of decks · $2.47
Grave Pact
11% of decks · $30.52
Underworld Dreams
11% of decks · $2.35
Animate Dead
11% of decks · $7.00
Sanguine Bond
10% of decks · $7.89
Koskun Falls
10% of decks · $16.93
Dictate of Erebos
8% of decks · $17.52
Marchesa's Decree
8% of decks · $3.18
Night of Souls' Betrayal
7% of decks · $1.95
Eternal Thirst
7% of decks · $0.37
Blood Reckoning
7% of decks · $0.26
Hissing Miasma
7% of decks · $2.39
Glistening Oil
6% of decks · $12.94
Phyrexian Reclamation
6% of decks · $2.86
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
6% of decks
Cunning Rhetoric
6% of decks · $3.49
Parasitic Impetus
6% of decks · $0.30
Planeswalkers (5)
Garruk, Veiled Butcher
11% of decks · $2.04
Liliana of the Dark Realms
9% of decks · $9.30
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
6% of decks · $2.47
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
6% of decks · $9.63
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
6% of decks · $6.70
Utility Lands (24)
Cabal Coffers
66% of decks
Bojuka Bog
59% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
50% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
44% of decks
Cabal Stronghold
38% of decks
War Room
31% of decks
Castle Locthwain
31% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
28% of decks
Reliquary Tower
28% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
26% of decks
Witch's Cottage
20% of decks
Spymaster's Vault
15% of decks
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
15% of decks
Mortuary Mire
11% of decks
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
10% of decks
Volrath's Stronghold
10% of decks
Urza's Saga
9% of decks
Maze of Ith
7% of decks
Rogue's Passage
7% of decks
Hall of Echoes
7% of decks
Command Beacon
6% of decks
Karn's Bastion
6% of decks
Leechridden Swamp
6% of decks
Midgar, City of Mako
6% of decks
Lands (15)
Swamp
95% of decks
Forbidden Orchard
62% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
39% of decks
Fell the Profane
35% of decks
Myriad Landscape
24% of decks
Boggart Trawler
18% of decks
Urza's Cave
15% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
15% of decks
Demolition Field
13% of decks
Plaza of Heroes
11% of decks
Hagra Mauling
10% of decks
Evolving Wilds
7% of decks
Fabled Passage
6% of decks
Snow-Covered Swamp
6% of decks
Command Tower
6% of decks
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